T 3060/19 of 29.09.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T306019.20220929
- Date of decision
- 29 September 2022
- Case number
- T 3060/19
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 16152529.0
- IPC class
- H01H 75/04H01H 33/666H01H 1/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Bistable actuator device
- Applicant name
- S & C Electric Co.
- Opponent name
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Novelty, inventive step, sufficiency of disclosure
Novelty - main request (yes)
Late-filed objections
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0862/11
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:
Claims:
No. 1 to 9 of the main request filed with the reply to the appeal.
Description:
Pages 2 to 5 of the patent specification.
Figures:
No. 1 to 16 of the patent specification.